Front-Page Women Journalists, 1920-1950 (Women in the West)
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: May 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780803215252
Subjects: Press & journalism; Women's studies; Women journalists; Journalism; Biography/Autobiography; Social Science; Biography / Autobiography; Women in journalism; Women; Editors, Journalists, Publishers; History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY); Women's Studies - General; 20th century; Biography; History; United States
Description: "Kathleen A. Cairns examines the roles women played in early-twentieth-century newspaper journalism and the influence they had on future generations of newspaperwomen through the examples of Agness Underwood, Charlotta Bass, and Ruth Finney. Each of these front-page women faced her own challenges, whether in regard to class, race, or gender. To get to the newsroom, and to stay there, they had to craft subtle, clever, and exhausting strategies. They had to be tough but compassionate, deferential yet independent, tenacious but also gracious. Most important, they could never openly challenge larger cultural assumptions about gender or suggest that they sought to advance the status of all women as well as themselves.

In spite of these challenges, front-page women played a significant role in reshaping public perceptions about women's roles."--Jacket.